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>Chapter 14. Recess Time</H1
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>	  This bizarre little intermission gives the reader a chance to
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	&nbsp;&nbsp;Fellow&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;user,&nbsp;greetings!&nbsp;You&nbsp;are&nbsp;reading&nbsp;something&nbsp;which<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;will&nbsp;bring&nbsp;you&nbsp;luck&nbsp;and&nbsp;good&nbsp;fortune.&nbsp;Just&nbsp;e-mail&nbsp;a&nbsp;copy&nbsp;of<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;this&nbsp;document&nbsp;to&nbsp;10&nbsp;of&nbsp;your&nbsp;friends.&nbsp;Before&nbsp;making&nbsp;the&nbsp;copies,<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;send&nbsp;a&nbsp;100-line&nbsp;Bash&nbsp;script&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;person&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;list<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;bottom&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;letter.&nbsp;Then&nbsp;delete&nbsp;their&nbsp;name&nbsp;and&nbsp;add<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;yours&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;bottom&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;list.<br>
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	&nbsp;&nbsp;Don't&nbsp;break&nbsp;the&nbsp;chain!&nbsp;Make&nbsp;the&nbsp;copies&nbsp;within&nbsp;48&nbsp;hours.<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;Wilfred&nbsp;P.&nbsp;of&nbsp;Brooklyn&nbsp;failed&nbsp;to&nbsp;send&nbsp;out&nbsp;his&nbsp;ten&nbsp;copies&nbsp;and<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;woke&nbsp;the&nbsp;next&nbsp;morning&nbsp;to&nbsp;find&nbsp;his&nbsp;job&nbsp;description&nbsp;changed<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;"COBOL&nbsp;programmer."&nbsp;Howard&nbsp;L.&nbsp;of&nbsp;Newport&nbsp;News&nbsp;sent<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;out&nbsp;his&nbsp;ten&nbsp;copies&nbsp;and&nbsp;within&nbsp;a&nbsp;month&nbsp;had&nbsp;enough&nbsp;hardware<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;build&nbsp;a&nbsp;100-node&nbsp;Beowulf&nbsp;cluster&nbsp;dedicated&nbsp;to&nbsp;playing<br>
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	&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;broke&nbsp;the&nbsp;chain.&nbsp;Shortly&nbsp;thereafter,&nbsp;a&nbsp;fire&nbsp;broke&nbsp;out<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;in&nbsp;her&nbsp;terminal&nbsp;and&nbsp;she&nbsp;now&nbsp;spends&nbsp;her&nbsp;days&nbsp;writing<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;documentation&nbsp;for&nbsp;MS&nbsp;Windows.<br>
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	&nbsp;&nbsp;Don't&nbsp;break&nbsp;the&nbsp;chain!&nbsp;&nbsp;Send&nbsp;out&nbsp;your&nbsp;ten&nbsp;copies&nbsp;today!<br>
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